Applying Special Effects to a Site Using CSS
CSS is essential in controlling how a site looks and feels. This course will teach you how to move beyond basic stylings to apply various effects such as shadows and animations using purely CSS.
What you'll learn
CSS provides you the ability to control the fonts, colors, layouts, and spacing used on your website. However, it can do more than that. It can also provide an interactive experience to your users. In this course, Applying Special Effects to a Site Using CSS, you’ll learn to improve the look and feel of websites that you build. First, you’ll explore creating rounded corners using CSS. Next, you’ll discover how to apply box shadows to objects. Finally, you’ll learn how to create animations using CSS transforms and transitions. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of CSS special effects needed to improve the look and feel of any website you create.
Table of contents
About the author
Nate's first program was written in QBasic on an 8086 clone his dad built. Since then he's written applications in C++, .NET, and Node.js. He spent the first 12 years of his career writing Windows applications before transitioning to write applications for the web. Regardless of the language or type of application he's written, he strives for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code. In addition to his day job as a developer, Nate also enjoys speaking at various conferences. He will typica... more